General Dentistry

We treat all of our patients royally here at Southern York Smile Care – but some of them receive actual crowns. Not what kings and queens wear, but dental crowns. If you’re in the Shrewsbury PA area, Southern York Smile Care is the best place to get your teeth looking better than ever. Putting a dental […]

You would never consider running a red light on a busy Shrewsbury street or crossing over a lane of orange construction cones on the freeway, but you might be doing some everyday things that are perilous for your oral health. I want to share with you some common habits that could be detrimental to the […]

Hi. My name is Dr. Steven W. Haywood. I have enjoyed serving the Shrewsbury and Baltimore areas since 1987. One of the things that I pride myself on is giving my patients the oral health education they need to have a healthy smile. Here at Southern York Smile Care we know that optimal dental health […]

During routine dental examinations, your dentist may look for signs of oral cancer. Oral cancer refers to cancers in the tongue, mouth, lips, jaw, and throat. Many dental patients don’t realize the seriousness of oral cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that over 39,000 people will get oral cancer this year.1 Consider this sobering news from […]

Malocclusions (bite problems) include overbites, underbites and crossbites. Jaw alignment disorders restrict proper chewing, talking, and swallowing. They can also cause teeth to shift around in the mouth. Dentistry patients with bite problems are at a greater risk for tooth decay and periodontal disease because bite misalignment often makes it difficult to maintain proper oral […]

Hello gum chewers, today we’re going to talk about that sticky wad in your mouth. You know that it can freshen your breath, but can it really help protect your smile from dental caries? It really depends on the type of gum. Chewing regular sucrose-based gum can be helpful in removing bits of food from […]

Hello, welcome to the Southern York Smile Care blog. Today we are going to talk about dry mouth, an unpleasant condition that impacts your oral health. Reduction of saliva flow resulting in a dry mouth is more common among older adults; however, people of all ages experience the symptoms of dry mouth at one time or […]

Hi. I’m Dr. Steven W. Haywood. Welcome to my Shrewsbury dental blog! I find that many of my patients get a couple of dental terms mixed up. Today, I would like to clarify the differences between plaque, calculus, and cavities. Plaque is a film that covers teeth – a sticky layer of bacteria. You can […]

In today’s post, we will veer a bit off the beaten path, so to speak, and examine an important dental specialty; forensic dentistry. The official term for the use of dentistry in criminal cases and post mortem identification is forensic odontology. These experts are rarely recognized but play an integral role in crime and disaster […]

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Shrewsbury dentist Dr. Steve Haywood provides exceptional cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, sedation dentistry, general dentistry and so much more to patients in the South York County, PA area, including from the surrounding communities of Shrewsbury, York, New Freedom, and Stewartstown, Pennsylvania.